So I recently picked up a new SSD that is a fairly large upgrade to the one I am currently using from maybe 4 years ago? Here is a link to the comparison. I would like to continue to use the older SSD because while it is old it is still an SSD and better than a standard drive.
My plan is to do a fresh install of Windows 8(maybe 10) and I remember before getting my first SSD having your OS installed on one HDD while you kept programs and files on a second HDD had some performance benefits but those were platter drives and seek times was a bigger issue. Do I get any benefit out of installing my OS on its own SSD and using the second SSD for apps/games/files?
Another question the older drive holds up fairly well in the read speed category which would seem to be the most important for the OS. Should I continue to use the older drive for my OS install and save the entirety of the newer one for apps/files/games or do the other numbers factor in far more than I assume.
Storage is not really an issue I have another HDD that I will be using as well.
Thank you and I hope this was not too rambly I have a horrid time putting questions into written form.
I would run the new drive as the OS drive, and have it hold all the essential programs, but install no games on it. The second drive would hold games that you like a lot or want good load times out of, then just put the rest on the harddrives.
You can also use the SSD as a good cache drive for photoshop or something if you do that kind of work.
@VXAce has the right idea. Raid would be pointless as you dont know how long the older SSD will last. I would have new SSD as OS drive, Second drive for games and keep a copy of important documents on both drives.
Yep, I would say load the OS on the new drive, and use the old drive for game and data etc...
I have 3 Samsung 840 Pros. The first is dedicated to the OS. The second is where I have steam installed. (If I need to reload my machine, I just reinstall steam to the same location on my second drive, and I don't have to re-download my games.) The third drive is the root of my Dropbox. (Same scenario here, if I need to reload the OS, I reinstall Dropbox and it syncs over 250 Gigs of files in just a couple of minutes because all the files are already there even after an OS wipe.)